Hawaii · Nonprofit
HAWAII EXECUTIVE COLLABORATIVE
HAWAII EXECUTIVE COLLABORATIVE (Hawaii) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,698,829 to it, the largest being AIO FOUNDATION ($589,009). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $3.7M
- Net assets
- $538k
What Hawaii Executive Collaborative does
Mission
Hawaii Executive Collaborative ("hec") is a non-profit organization that unites local and global leaders to address the systemic challenges affecting hawaii's society, culture, and economic vitality. Hec serves as a "backbone organization" (an organizational model that plays a key role in collective impact) for ceos and other decision- maker members by organizing cross-sector partnerships to help transform fragmented systems to improve social outcomes. Hec helps to guide vision and strategy, support aligned activities, build public will, advance policy, mobilize funding, and establish shared goals and metrics.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Rediscovering Hawai'i's Soul The process of rediscovering Hawai'i's soul is key to addressing the root causes of many of Hawai'i's most enduring challenges. By reimagining a future for Hawai'i that is thriving, inclusive, and honors Hawaiian culture and values, the outlook for our people and our communities will be brighter than ever. Through a process of Transformative Scenario Planning that was developed and facilitated by Reos Partners, a diverse group of community leaders came together in August and September 2022 to grapple with some big questions and begin to envision a variety of possible futures for Hawai'i. How can we ensure that Hawai'i's soul is not diminished or lost? How can we help with healing so that trust is built and not eroded? Out of the planning sessions with business leaders, cultural practitioners, educators, advocates, and nonprofit leaders, came four possible scenarios for Hawai'i's future that will be shared with broader audiences throughout the islands to spark conversation, collaboration, and action.
$1,154,146 spentof which $26,175 as grants$26,600 earned by the program56% of program spendingHawaii executive conference hawaii executive conference explores innovative ideas and solutions to strengthen hawaii's future by bringing together thought leaders and decision makers from the islands and beyond. The conference and post-conference collaboration that follows addresses a range of topics that have revelance in hawaii, including community and economy, health and welfare, arts and culture, natural environment and energy, government and policy, leadership and education.
$710,247 spent$491,912 earned by the program34% of program spendingClimate Hawai'i Climate Hawai'i is committed to dismantling the systemic barriers that stand in the way of meaningful climate progress across the islands. Hawaii Executive Collaborative (HEC) recognize that while individual action is essential, true impact comes from addressing the structural challenges that slow or prevent large-scale change. HEC supports organizations in taking internal climate action through Climate In initiative-helping them reduce emissions, improve efficiency, and build climate literacy-while also fostering collaboration and shared momentum through Climate Out, HEC's platform for collective advocacy, resource-sharing, and policy alignment. By strengthening both the internal and external capacity for climate action, HEC help build durable, system-wide change.
$86,768 spent4% of program spendingEducation fund
$50,000 spentof which $50,000 as grants2% of program spendingKau dream
$48,006 spent2% of program spendingMental health
$14,293 spent1% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,063,460.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $560k to $1.2M (+112%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of HAWAII EXECUTIVE COLLABORATIVE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Lynelle Marble
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 10 funders, grant income fell $783k → $525k.
1 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of HAWAII EXECUTIVE COLLABORATIVE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
HAWAII EXECUTIVE COLLABORATIVE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
47% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund HAWAII EXECUTIVE COLLABORATIVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 75% · 2021 69% · 2022 24% · 2023 16% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
57% of HAWAII EXECUTIVE COLLABORATIVE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
70% of HAWAII EXECUTIVE COLLABORATIVE's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $110k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
HAWAII EXECUTIVE COLLABORATIVE has grown faster than half of the 4,206 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,206 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like HAWAII EXECUTIVE COLLABORATIVE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Hawaii
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HAWAII EXECUTIVE COLLABORATIVE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HAWAII EXECUTIVE COLLABORATIVE?
- HAWAII EXECUTIVE COLLABORATIVE (Hawaii) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,698,829 to it, the largest being AIO FOUNDATION ($589,009). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HAWAII EXECUTIVE COLLABORATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $3,698,829 in grants to HAWAII EXECUTIVE COLLABORATIVE, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HAWAII EXECUTIVE COLLABORATIVE?
- AIO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $589,009 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HAWAII EXECUTIVE COLLABORATIVE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Hawaii. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 25 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing